Occupational Therapy Expert Consultancy

Assessability is an occupational therapy and expert witness consultancy specialising in functional assessment. Our care cost reports provide informed, well-reasoned and, where appropriate, fully costed recommendations on issues such as:

• Lost capacity as a result of an index injury (personal injury and clinical negligence schedule of special damages)
• The need for personal care.
• Loss of services such as housekeeping, and other losses.
• Housing and adaptation needs.
• The ability to care for dependents (Family Law)
• Capacity to work, need for reasonable adjustment and pension eligibility.
• The need for rehabilitative equipment such as level-access bathing facilities and mobility scooters.
• The requirements of disability access and Disability Discrimination Act compliance.

Clare Garside: Expert Witness

Clare Garside Dip COT (1976) has more than 20 years' experience as an expert witness and is a specialist in the assessment of care costs. A trained occupational therapist, she is the Clinical Director of Assessability Limited, a family business that has intentionally remained compact, but has well-developed information technology and business systems that ensure clients receive an effective, fast and responsive personal service.

Headline characteristics include:

• Established 1988.
• Law Society checked.
• Full Professional Indemnity insurance.

Assessability is a company registered in England and Wales no. 4470327.